As we realised that the kids truly enjoyed themselves at Paradise Country, we decide to include a visit to
Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary Park where the kids can look forward to more wildlife animals in Australia.
We gotten the tickets at the reception in Bel Air and off we went to another wildlife park adventure.
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| We decided to have our breakfast at the cafe there. This lil darling spotted this frog and requested to have her photo taken. |
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| At the entrance. The kids love to take photos especially during holiday. |
We can get up close and personal with the koala by paying a fee to have our photo
taken with them. If I can remembered correctly, the fees range from
AUD15 to AUD40 with different photo sizes and items such as key rings,
postcards and magnets included.
My hubs was pretty 'lucky' as the koala decided to poo on his hand after the photo taking. Hahaha! A pity we were not able to buy lottery there.
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| Photo taking with koala bear. The kids love it! |
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| My girl simply loves the koala bears! |
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| It took us a while to pull them away from the koala exhibit before we can move on. |
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| The sleepy koala bears. They are almost everywhere in the park. |
Being a tourist, we had the park guide with us and we realised that the park is huge! Well, we have absolutely no idea where to head to so we hopped on the tram ride for a tour around the park before we decide further.
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| While waiting for the tram to move off. Smile! We are on a holiday! |
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| Not forgetting the kids with their grandma. The usual cheeky monkey faces. |
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| Another tram on the track returning to the main station |
The tram brought us round the park and we sat through the entire journey before we decided on our first stop. I wanted to visit the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital and let my kids learn about more about caring for animals.
There is no queue system at this station and everyone just hop onto wherever there is vacancy.
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| This is a huge iguana that is being cared for in the hospital. The kids were terrified of it though. |
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| We chanced upon a koala bear on the operating table. From what we gathered from the rest of the surrounding visitors, it seems that the koala is having a difficult labour. The vet were very tactful in handling her though. |
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| There is a corner for visitors especially kids to experience how they can care for the wildlife animals. Janelle was trying to bandage the koala bear's arm as she said the arm is injured. |
The tram also rode past the Kangaroos enclosure where they are free to roam. Visitors
can choose to alight at this station to pet the kangaroos, feed them and
take photos. We had the experience of kangaroos being too full for feed
in Paradise Country so we decided not to get any feed for them. True
enough, we saw many feed on the floor and the kangaroos were not
interested at all. In fact, most of them were taking their nap and getting
lazy.
One of the recommended activties is to catch Air Asia Free Flight Bird Show hence we went on a leisurely walk to the show as the weather is good and we can view other animals along the way.
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| Meet Tasmania devil bear! They look very different from the Warner Bros Taz. |
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| While waiting for the show to start, there is photo opportunity with the baby croc. I was cheated by my girl as she said she wanted my company to take photos with the baby croc and she promised me that she will hold the head (cos her mummy is scared!). When it was our turn, she changed her mind and volunteered her mummy to hold the head and she will hold the tail instead. Anyway it was an experience as I would never thought of getting my photo taken with the croc if it was not for my girl. Check out the little boy's curiosity of the croc! |
The bird show was pretty interesting as it is unlike the bird show in Jurong Bird Park. We got to learn more about the birds especially in the wildlife environment. But I guess the kids are just simply not into birds as they were pretty restless throughout the show.
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| They were more interested in playing among themselves when the show was ongoing |
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| Now, who say that owls only come out when it's dark? |
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| Even the pelicans make a guest appearance during the show |
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| Check out the vulture in the air! We were able to have a photo opportunity with the vulture after the show but I was still lil fearful of getting too close to it. Too bad we were not able to take photo using our own camera. |
The park is really huge and we were not able to cover the entire place with 2 kids in tow. By the time the bird show was over, it was almost time to leave the park as it was nearing to the closing time, that is 5.30pm. Hence we took a leisure walk back to the park entrance to pick up our photos and gotten some souvenirs before we say goodbye to the wildlife park.
We knew that Robina Town Centre is one of the biggest fashion malls in Gold Coast and they are open till 9pm on thursday! Thus we decided to visit the mall for some retail therapy.
The mall is really big! My mum in law was getting sick of western food and craved for Chinese cuisine so we went to try Yum Cha in Robina Town Centre. The food was not bad but the taste is still the best in Singapore.
After which, we walked around the mall and ended up shopping in Kmart till the mall closed. The prices are more reasonable in Kmart and we gotten alot of clothings and books for the kids.
We returned to the apartments and prep the kids for bed before my hubs and I headed out to Jupiters Casino which is located near Bel Air. It was boring! Nothing interesting and the atmosphere is dull.
